Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$78,079

Total expenses

$164,834

Contributions and grants received

$9,767

Grants paid

— not reported

Program service revenue

$2,618

Membership dues (line 3)

— not reported

Investment income (line 4)

$29

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

— not reported

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

— not reported

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

— not reported

Other revenue (line 8)

$65,665

Total assets, end of year

$95,052

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$95,052

Program service expenses (Part III)

$164,834

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2023

• UMOJA MAGAZINE'S SIGNATURE ACTIVITY IS THE ANNUAL PUBLICATION OF 11 PRINT MAGAZINES THAT FEATURE POSITIVE STORIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICE MESSAGES BY AND ABOUT THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN MADISON, WISCONSIN AND BEYOND. THE STORIES IN EACH ISSUE ARE SUPPLEMENTED BY EXTENSIVE PHOTOGRAPHY AND ORIGINAL ARTWORK. EACH ISSUE OF THE MAGAZINE IS THEMED AROUND AN IMPORTANT PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE. IN ADDITION TO THESE ONGOING TOPICS, OCCASIONAL SPECIAL ISSUES ARE PRODUCED TO FOCUS ON TIMELY TOPICS SUCH AS COVID-19 IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, BLACK EXCELLENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND OTHERS. TO FURTHER OUR REACH AND MISSION, UMOJA LAUNCHED AN ONLINE VERSION OF THE MAGAZINE IN EARLY 2021. THIS WILL ALLOW OUR IMPORTANT EDUCATIONAL CONTENT TO REACH MORE PEOPLE. IT WILL ALSO ALLOW US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DELIVER IMPORTANT EDUCATIONAL CONTENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGES IN BETWEEN ISSUES OF THE PRINT PUBLICATION. THE UMOJA MAGAZINE YOUTH VOICES PROJECT IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH WITH A SERIES OF CREATIVE WRITING AND MEDIA ARTS WORKSHOPS THAT CULMINATE IN A SPECIAL BLACK EXCELLENCE YOUTH VOICES ISSUES OF UMOJA MAGAZINE. THE PROGRAM TEACHES YOUTH WRITING AND MEDIA ARTS SKILLS, EXPOSES THEM TO CAREERS IN WRITING AND PRINT AND DIGITAL MEDIA, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, UPLIFTS THE STORIES AND EXPERIENCES OF BLACK YOUTH WHICH HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY CRITICAL DURING THESE STRESSFUL AND UNCERTAIN TIMES.

  Expenses $164,834

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part IV

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990_ez

Tax year

2023

Filed

6 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202403189349201440

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